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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2019	ISSF (2019) Biodegradable FAD Workshops in the Western Pacific Ocean. Washington DC USA	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2021	Isaza-Toro E, Selvaraj JJ, Giraldo-Lopez A, Ortíz-Ferrín OO y (2021) Fish aggregating devices in the eastern tropical Pacific marine corridor, according to the Colombian Fisheries Observer Program. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:3311–3318. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3687	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2017	IOTC-WGFAD01 (2017) Report of the IOTC ad hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC–2017–WGFAD01–R[E], Madrid, Spain	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2009	IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch. IOTC, Mombasa, Kenya	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Line shooter Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2022	IOTC Secretariat (2022) Review of data on Fish Aggregating Devices. In: IOTC - 3rd Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. IOTC-2022-WGFAD03-03_Rev2, Online	PS		Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2009	IOTC SC (2009) Report of the Fifth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatch IOTC-2009-WPEB-R[E]. IOTC, Mobasa, Kenya	LL, PS	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting FAD design & management Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Safe handling & release
2019	Imzilen T, Chassot E, Barde J, et al (2019) Fish aggregating devices drift like oceanographic drifters in the near-surface currents of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Progress in Oceanography 171:108–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.11.007	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2022	Imzilen T, Lett C, Chassot E, et al (2022) Recovery at sea of abandoned, lost or discarded drifting fish aggregating devices. Nat Sustain 5:593–602. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00883-y	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management Spatial & temporal measures
2021	Imzilen T, Lett C, Chassot E, Kaplan D (2021) Spatial management can significantly reduce dFAD beachings in Indian and Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna purse seine fisheries. Biological Conservation 254:108939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108939	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques ALDFG - management of abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear FAD design & management
2018	ICCAT Secretariat (2018) Report of the 3rd meeting of the ad hoc working on FADs. Collect Vol Sci Pap ICCAT 74:2108–2191	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Review and Planning
2018	IATTC SAC (2018) Staff recommendations for management and data collection 2018. In: IATTC - 9th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-09-15 Rev 2, La Jolla, California	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Monofilament / Wire Leaders Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2015	IATTC SAC (2015) Meeting Report - 6th meeting of the IATTC Scientific Advisory Committee. Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla California USA	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Spatial & temporal measures Management Categories E-monitoring Review and Planning
2023	IATTC SAC (2023) Staff recommendations to the Commission. In: IATTC - 14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-14-14, La Jolla California USA	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Data Availability and Collection E-monitoring International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning Shark Finning Restrictions Population Level Assessments Biological Parameters
2023	IATTC SAC (2023) Recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Commission. In: IATTC - 14th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-14-16, La Jolla California USA	LL, PS, GN	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories Data Availability and Collection International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2019	IATTC, IOTC, WCPFC, ICCAT (2019) Overview of issues facing tuna RFMOs in the management of FADs - Four presentations on progress and actions	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Review and Planning
2022	IATTC FADWG (2022) Draft recommendations of the 6th FAD working group. In: IATTC - 13th Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee. IATTC SAC-13-misc, Online	PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Harmonisation
2018	IATTC (2018) Review of the 2017 Recommendations of the Working Group on FADs. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2006	IATTC (2006) Interactions of Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Marine Turtles. WCPFC, Manila, Philippines	LL, PS	Sea Turtles	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	IATTC (2018) Materiales de origen vegetal para FADs. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	IATTC (2018) Definitions of terms related to FAD fishing - beacons or buoys (English & Spanish). In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management
2018	IATTC (2018) Definitions of terms related to FAD fishing. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2022	IATTC (2022) Presentation - FAD data reporting established in Resolution C-21-04. In: IATTC - 6th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. IATTC FAD-06-PRES-FAD DATA, Online	PS		Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Management Categories Data Availability and Collection
2015	Hutchinson M, Itano D, Muir J, Holland K (2015) Post-release survival of juvenile silky sharks captured in a tropical tuna purse seine fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series 521:143–154. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11073	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release Management Categories At-Vessel and Post-Release Mortality Tagging Studies
2012	Hutchinson M, Itano D, Muir J, et al (2012) The Post-release Condition of FAD Associated Silky Sharks (Carharhinus falciformis) Caught in Tuna Purse Seine Gear. WCPFC, Busan, Republic of Korea	PS	Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management Safe handling & release
2018	Herrera M, Moron J (2018) Implementing management plans and voluntary initiatives regarding FADs: The OPAGAC Experience. In: IATTC - 3rd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on FADs. La Jolla, California	PS	Sea Turtles, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques FAD design & management

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